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The first volume to offer a through and systematic account of evidentiality and the expression of information source~Illustrated with extensive data from a range of typologically diverse languages~Introductory chapter offers practical advice for fieldworkers investigating evidentiality~Interdisciplinary in nature with insights from typology, semantics, pragmatics, language description, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics

Provides a comprehensive reflection on the development and formulation of Christology in the first eight centuries of Christian theology~Considers what some major Church Fathers--from Irenaeus to John Damascene--say about the person of Christ~Based on the Martin d'Arcy Memorial lectures that Daley delivered at Campion Hall in 2002

Provides a new theory of moral virtue and vice~Examines a neglected area of philosophical study (the moral status of states disconnected from action)~Draws on sources in non-western philosophy, as well as empirical work and personal memoirs

The first detailed study of civilian crime control in Britain in the nineteenth century~Challenges orthodox understandings of modernity and modernization in crime control~Provides an original assessment of parallels between Victorian and contemporary modes of crime control~Offers a survey of policing and police-public relations in Victorian provincial cities, giving an alternative to the usual London-based studies~Sets Victorian policing and c...

Provides the first intensive study of the reception of Classical Athenian politics across the Hellenistic world, bridging the gap between scholarly study of these two periods~Offers a new perspective on Classical Athens itself, as well as the first stages in its long reception history~Brings together literary, philosophical, and epigraphic evidence and approaches, revealing new connections between texts and evidence often studied separately~En...

Presents an unprecedented union between dance making and dance scholarship in a single volume~Provides the latest thinking on dance and reenactment in the contemporary field~Posits dance history as a methodology influenced by contemporary performance

Offers the first extended discussion of the moral arguments for and against the permissibility of humanitarian intervention~Engages with the tools of analytic philosophy and in particular, with state-of-the-art just-war theory~Many of the arguments are novel, such as Teson's thesis of the moral equivalence of intervention and revolution, and Van der Vossen's claim that decisions to go to war must be evaluated in terms of their ex ante prospects

Offers the first extended discussion of the moral arguments for and against the permissibility of humanitarian intervention~Engages with the tools of analytic philosophy and in particular, with state-of-the-art just-war theory~Many of the arguments are novel, such as Teson's thesis of the moral equivalence of intervention and revolution, and Van der Vossen's claim that decisions to go to war must be evaluated in terms of their ex ante prospects

Provides a comprehensive view of Latinos from an interdisciplinary perspective~Argues that Latino Americans, more than any other minority group, will redefine the way the United States understands itself~Explores the ways acculturation is leading to a new mestizo identity that is part Hispanic and part American

Provides the first examination of the genre of Latina/o dictatorship novels~DT Considers Latina/o novels within the well-known and wide-ranging tradition of the Latin American dictator (or dictatorship) novel~Argues that these novels position authoritarianism on a continuum of domination alongside imperialism, white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, neoliberalism, and border militarization~Demonstrates how narrative form can critically represent di...

Provides assessment tools and highlights the specific clinical contexts for their use~Includes evidence-based psychotherapy models that are effective in treating psychological distress~Offers guidance on handling work-related stress and burnout for clinicians

Comprehensive and authoritative, this first volume analyses the constitutional principles that govern the EU. ~The first of three volumes on the subject of the constitutional and legislative principles of the EU. ~Written by leading academics in the field, offering scholarly and critical assessment.

Part of the new Literary Agenda series from Oxford University Press~Addresses some of the biggest questions of the internet and digital age: What should we be reading? Can we trust what we read in the mass media? Can we use the Internet to find out the truth?~Surveys the history of independent sceptical reading and explores censorship, surveillance, 'fake news', and mass manipulation through the media~Distills a large body of scholarship on ...

Offers an up-to-date critical discussion of key theoretical concepts and methodological issues~Draws on data from a wide range of diverse languages~Each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading

Offers an up-to-date critical discussion of key theoretical concepts and methodological issues~Draws on data from a wide range of diverse languages~Each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading

A new take on the arts and modernism that explores how baroque offered a completely different way of being modern~Covers literature, film, interior design, architecture, photography, fashion, ballet, and flower arranging~Illustrates how Djuna Barnes, Charlie Chaplin, Cecil Beaton, Stephen Tennant, Rex Whistler, Dody Todd, Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, the Bright Young Things, the Sitwells, and Ottoline Morell, among others, influenced the st...

The Great Battles Series. The story of the world's most important battles - how they were fought, how they have been commemorated, and the long historical shadows that they have cast~The story of the Battle of Lutzen - one of the most famous battles in the Thirty Years' War~Challenges the accepted view that Lutzen was a milestone in military development, arguing that its significance lies more in the political and cultural sphere~How the battl...

One of very few books in the English language dealing with this major early modern war~Presents cutting-edge research by established scholars in the field~Challenges traditional narratives on international relations and the logistics of warfare in the early eighteenth century~Offers new perspectives on the conflict, including the public representation of the fighting and colonial dimensions

Tells the surprising story of the importance of yeast in the development of human civilization~Discusses the role of yeast in beer brewing, winemaking, and baking~Considers future uses of yeast with innovations in biotechnology and genetic engineering~Describes yeasts that grow on the human body and in our guts and play vital roles in our health and wellbeing~Explains how our future is linked to the success of biofuel development using yeast

Overcomes traditional dividing lines in Habsburg history to offer fresh insight into the relationship between government and society over time~Based on extensive original archival research, especially in previously neglected, provincial collections~Systematically introduces analytical concepts such as 'composite monarchy' and 'fiscal-military state' into Habsburg history~Casts new light on Habsburg success and failure on the international stage